This week, drivers Scott Maxwell and Billy Johnson took the brand-new racecar out for shakedown laps at Road America. It's only the third time the car, built by Canada's Multimatic, has hit the track—the first two track outings were at Calabogie Motorsports Park in May and Canadian Tire Motorsports Park last month, with some brief straight-line testing at Michelin's Ladoux test track in France prior to the June reveal of the car.

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Fox News Sports reports that the car, built for the new-for-2016 GTE class, put down unofficial lap times in the 2:04 ballpark at Road America, less than a second away from last year's GT Le Mans class pole time. The car did return to the pits several times with minor problems.

The Ford GT racer will return to France next month for FIA Balance of Performance testing, mandatory for all 2016-spec GTE cars including the new Ferrari 488 GTB and BMW M6 GTLM.